PickBits University — AI Code Review (The 5-Layer Review Process)

This is a Claude/Codex "skill": a folder with a SKILL.md that teaches your AI
assistant to run a specific workflow.

WHAT IT DOES
  Reviews an AI-generated diff in five layers — execution, patterns, error
  handling, security, maintainability — against the lesson's 19-item checklist,
  the four named AI code smells, and the four Fast Fail Signals. It reads your
  diff with git, then emits a filled findings table (file:line, layer, finding,
  fix) and a ship / do-not-ship verdict.

INSTALL
  Copy the vc-ai-code-review.skill folder into your project's .claude/skills/
  directory (create it if it doesn't exist). Then just ask Claude to do the
  thing — e.g. "review this AI code before I commit it".

WHAT'S IN THE BOX
  SKILL.md                      The workflow itself.
  references/checklist.md       The 19-item printable review checklist, the
                                per-layer tables, the Fast Fail Signals, and
                                the 10-Minute Rule.
  references/ai-code-smells.md  The four AI code smells with before/after code.
  references/worked-example.md  The login-endpoint walkthrough — the calibration
                                example for what a verdict looks like.

A NOTE ON OPENING SKILL.md
  On Windows, double-clicking SKILL.md opens Notepad, which may show a blank
  page — its Markdown view doesn't understand the settings block at the top of
  the file. The file is fine. Open it in VS Code, or choose "Open in Syntax
  View" in Notepad. You don't need to read it to use it.

Source lesson: https://pickbits.ai/university/vibe-coder/08-reviewing-ai-code/code-review-checklist
